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  • Encore: Kenny Garrett

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    This week on Fridays Live we celebrate the 5-year anniversary of Kenny Garrett's Sounds From The Ancestors (originally released on Mack Avenue Records on August 27, 2021). This concert was orig...

  • Kind of Blue The Acoustic Quintets (On-Demand)

    In this archival concert, an all-star band of veteran masters honors Miles Davis’s acoustic music of the 1950s and 1960s in honor of his centennial.

    An all-star band of veteran masters including Donald Harrison, Javon Jackson, Eddie Henderson, Patrice Rushen, Buster Williams, and Lenny White hon...

  • Jazz Takes w/ Keyon Harrold and Vince Wilburn Jr.

    Celebrating the Miles Davis centennial during a week of tribute performances at SFJAZZ, trumpeter Keyon Harrold and Miles’s nephew, Vince Wilburn Jr., share their takes on aspects of Miles’s career, from his best musical eras and albums to written biographies and the integration of hip-hop into h...

  • Make It Jazz: SFJAZZ Collective take on Pearl Jam’s “Even Flow”

    SFJAZZ Collective plays Pearl Jam’s “Even Flow”

    In honor of the 35th anniversary of Pearl Jam’s Ten (released August 27, 1991), we challenged a trio of SFJAZZ Collective members including vibraphonist Warren Wolf, bassist Matt Brewer, and drummer Kendrick Scott to listen to Pearl Jam’s 1991 gru...

  • Jazz Minute: Mal Waldron

    As we approach what would have been Mal Waldron’s 101st birthday on August 16, this Jazz Minute celebrates the enduring legacy of a visionary pianist and composer whose music helped shape the evolution of modern jazz. A pioneering artist who bridged hard bop, free jazz, and the avant-garde, Waldr...

  • Terence Blanchard demos how artists "paint with sound" on the walls of SFJAZZ

    Using Terence Blanchard’s arrangement of Wayne Shorter’s classic “Footprints” as a canvas, Terence and a band made up of SFJAZZ staff demonstrates the interactive capabilities of Miner Auditorium’s Immersive Media System. This demonstration uses the system’s audio reactive interface to “paint” th...

  • Mentorship & “Footprints” w/ Meshell Ndegeocello & Chanelle Ignant

    Bassist, vocalist, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello is joined by her Berklee College of Music mentee, guitarist Chanelle Ignant for this special episode of our duet series. The two find common ground on a Wayne Shorter classic and go deep on the teacher-student relationship.

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  • Forward Motion: The Next Chapter Of SFJAZZ

    SFJAZZ is more than a stage. It's a home, a gathering place, a living expression of jazz – past, present and future. Join us as the story continues.

    Join us as SFJAZZ enters a new chapter of leadership and mission. Narrated by former SFJAZZ Board Chair Denise Young, this short video brings you i...

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